Palestinian death toll from Israeli attacks on Gaza rises to 36,550

The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has risen to 36,550, health authorities in the enclave said in a press statement on Tuesday, reported Xinhua.

During the past 24 hours, Israeli army killed 71 Palestinians and wounded 182 others, bringing the total injuries to 82,959 since the Palestinian-Israeli conflict broke out in October 2023.

Palestinian security sources told Xinhua that civil defense crews recovered the bodies of 14 Palestinians after the Israeli army withdrew from the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood, south of Gaza City.

In the southernmost Gazan city of Rafah, the Israeli army intensified its air and artillery raids on the eastern, central and western parts of the city, according to local sources and eyewitnesses.

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) said on Tuesday that water desalination plants in the Gaza Strip had ceased operations due to fuel shortages.

UNRWA wrote in a post on social media platform X that Palestinian families and children had to walk long distances in the heat for water.

Israel launched a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and around 250 were taken hostage.